<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/feed.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PatchTheCVE: polkit project</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/</link><description>CVEs with upgrade or downgrade fix steps</description><item><title>CVE-2021-4115: There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file d</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-4115.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-4115.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:19:03 +0000</pubDate><description>MEDIUM 5.5: There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spaw</description></item><item><title>CVE-2021-3560: Red Hat Polkit Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-3560.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-3560.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:05:20 +0000</pubDate><description>HIGH 7.8: It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vul</description></item><item><title>CVE-2021-4034: Red Hat Polkit Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-4034.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2021-4034.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate><description>HIGH 7.8: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit&#x27;s pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn&#x27;t handle the calling parameters count c</description></item></channel></rss>